Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects, Volume 1 |
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... edition of Gower has the word acordend . Nowe myght thou here next sewend Whiche to this vyce is acordend . Gower , ed . 1532 , f . 36 . Granting . ACCORDING , part . a . Spenser . ACCORT , adj . ( A.-N. accort . ) Wary ; prudent ...
... edition of Gower has the word acordend . Nowe myght thou here next sewend Whiche to this vyce is acordend . Gower , ed . 1532 , f . 36 . Granting . ACCORDING , part . a . Spenser . ACCORT , adj . ( A.-N. accort . ) Wary ; prudent ...
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... edition of Elyot's Dictionarie , 1559 , Sig . Civ . AEWAAS , adv . Always . North . AEY , adv . Yes . Var . dial . AFAITEN , AFFAYTEN , AFAYTY , v . ( A.-N. afaiter . , To prepare ; to in- struct ; to tame , to subdue . It afaiteth the ...
... edition of Elyot's Dictionarie , 1559 , Sig . Civ . AEWAAS , adv . Always . North . AEY , adv . Yes . Var . dial . AFAITEN , AFFAYTEN , AFAYTY , v . ( A.-N. afaiter . , To prepare ; to in- struct ; to tame , to subdue . It afaiteth the ...
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... edition of Robin Hood , and another may be seen in Dixon's Ancient Poems , p . 161 . ARTHUR'S - SHOW . An exhibition of archery by a toxophilite society in London , of which an account was published in 1583 , by Richard Robinson . The ...
... edition of Robin Hood , and another may be seen in Dixon's Ancient Poems , p . 161 . ARTHUR'S - SHOW . An exhibition of archery by a toxophilite society in London , of which an account was published in 1583 , by Richard Robinson . The ...
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... edition . In 2 vols . See p . 21 . Vol . I. - Table Games , by Major - General Drayson , R.A. , R. F. Green , and ' Berkeley . ' II . - Card Games , by Dr. W. Pole , F.R.S. , R. F. Green , ' Berkeley , and Baxter- Wray . Bohn's ...
... edition . In 2 vols . See p . 21 . Vol . I. - Table Games , by Major - General Drayson , R.A. , R. F. Green , and ' Berkeley . ' II . - Card Games , by Dr. W. Pole , F.R.S. , R. F. Green , ' Berkeley , and Baxter- Wray . Bohn's ...
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... Edition . Vol . X. - Tour in Italy . Two Parts . And Second Residence in Rome . Vol . XI . - Miscellaneous Travels , Letters from Switzerland , Campaign in France , Siege of Mainz , and Rhine Tour . Vol . XII . - Early and Miscellaneous ...
... Edition . Vol . X. - Tour in Italy . Two Parts . And Second Residence in Rome . Vol . XI . - Miscellaneous Travels , Letters from Switzerland , Campaign in France , Siege of Mainz , and Rhine Tour . Vol . XII . - Early and Miscellaneous ...
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